Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Norwegian Sea on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 08:08 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tromsø, about 637.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 3.668 and latitude 72.586.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	72.586, 3.668
UTC time	2011-08-24 08:08:15.690

Location	Norwegian Sea
Country	Norwegian Sea
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-08-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tromsø	637.8 km
Bodø	715.9 km
Trondheim	1055.5 km
Luleå	1062.4 km
Rovaniemi	1082.3 km
Molde	1105.8 km
Skellefteå	1109.8 km
Ålesund	1130.6 km
Murmansk	1136.8 km
Östersund	1139.4 km
Severomorsk	1141.2 km
Umeå	1183.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.0

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Unknown · 2025-12-24 22:37 UTC

98.8 km

M 4.4

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-10-28 15:43 UTC

21.8 km

M 4.7

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-09-05 17:43 UTC

9.9 km

M 4.7

Greenland Sea

Unknown · 2025-07-10 08:47 UTC

71.9 km

M 4.4

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-06-29 11:36 UTC

24.1 km

M 4.9

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-06-25 13:35 UTC

15.0 km

M 4.1

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-01-19 21:13 UTC

18.1 km

M 4.2

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2024-11-19 01:03 UTC

37.2 km

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